Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research

Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensiv

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Associate Editors William G. Tierney, University of Southern California (senior associate editor) Philip G. Altbach, Boston College (comparative and international) Ben Baez, Florida International University (social context) Alan E. Bayer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (faculty) Corinna A. Ethington, The University of Memphis (research methodology) Michael K. McLendon, Vanderbilt University (governance and planning) Raymond P. Perry, University of Manitoba (curriculum and instruction) Scott L. Thomas, The University of H Georgia (students) Brian Pusser, University of Virginia (systems and organization) Edward St. John, The University of Michigan (finance and economics)

HIGHER EDUCATION: Handbook of Theory and Research Volume XXII

Edited by

John C. Smart

University of Memphis

Published Under the sponsorship of The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) and The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)

A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

ISBN 978-1-4020-5665-9 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-5666-6 (e-book) ISSN 0882-4126 Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contributors

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1. A Career Out of Control (Maybe)

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James L. Bess New York University

2. Accountability, Assessment, and the Scholarship of “Best Practice”

57

Alicia C. Dowd and Vincent P. Tong University of Southern California and Gateway Community College

3. Striving for What? Exploring the Pursuit of Prestige

121

KerryAnn O’Meara University of Massachusetts Amherst

4. ‘Outsiders’, Student Subcultures, and the Massification of Higher Education

181

Richard Flacks and Scott L. Thomas University of California and University of Georgia

5. Teachers’ Nonverbal Behavior and its Effects on Students

219

Elisha Babad Hebrew University of Jerusalem

6. The Pell Program at Thirty Years

281

Bradley R. Curs, Larry D. Singell, Jr. and Glen R. Waddell University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Oregon and University of Oregon

7. The Political Economy of Redistribution Through Higher Education Subsidies William R. Doyle Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

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8. Adjusting for Nonresponse in Surveys

411

Gary R. Pike Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

9. Neoliberal Policies and Community College Faculty Work

451

John S. Levin University of California, Riverside

10. Signals and Strategies in Hiring Faculty of Color

497

Franklin A. Tuitt, Mary Ann Danowitz Sagaria and Caroline Sotello V